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the initial charges the prosecutors use the material support which has come under fire by many civil rights attorneys and it was actually enhanced by the patriot act and the actual charge was that my father and the other members of the holy land five were charged with. conspiring to send material support in the form of charity that is in the form of clothes food medicine to palestinians the committees which are distribution centers that the prosecutors were claiming were fronts for the language they used is that these were controlled by or worked on behalf of. the interesting thing in the perplexing thing about this argument is that these very same as the cat committees received funds from our own government agency the usa id and none of these committees were listed as designated terrorist organizations on the department of treasury list so how how was the court able to ignore this fact i mean that the u.s. . idea had contributed to the exact same charities nor. that is absolutely the question anyone who sat through the first trial which by the way in that it ended in a hung jury the
the initial charges the prosecutors use the material support which has come under fire by many civil rights attorneys and it was actually enhanced by the patriot act and the actual charge was that my father and the other members of the holy land five were charged with. conspiring to send material support in the form of charity that is in the form of clothes food medicine to palestinians the committees which are distribution centers that the prosecutors were claiming were fronts for the language...
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rights under law is a fifty year old civil rights leader organization will be celebrating our fiftieth anniversary in two thirteen we were founded by president john f. kennedy to make sure that the private bar of private lawyers gave their pro bono resources to promote civil rights and racial equality and equality for those who are disadvantaged by income so we have been out there fighting these problems we've been part of the battle to pass the sixty four civil rights act the one nine hundred sixty five voting rights act we fought for. the results and we've been in the courts challenging killing these horrible voter id voter suppression laws we were recently helped to kill the one in south carolina for this here at least it will not be in effect and to kill the one in. texas for this certainly for this year and i don't think that they can come up with another law that they can pass we've also been able to through the department of justice is actions put on hold mississippi and alabama so that their laws don't go into effect indeed of the eight laws that were passed to come up with thi
rights under law is a fifty year old civil rights leader organization will be celebrating our fiftieth anniversary in two thirteen we were founded by president john f. kennedy to make sure that the private bar of private lawyers gave their pro bono resources to promote civil rights and racial equality and equality for those who are disadvantaged by income so we have been out there fighting these problems we've been part of the battle to pass the sixty four civil rights act the one nine hundred...
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and that summer, congress passed the voting rights act. >> the '64 civil rights act was a huge u.s. government intervention into the hard-core racial segregation. of 65, was the real game changer. >> the act banned literacy tests and other jim crow laws to keep blacks from the voting booth. these had been the airtight ways to keep the descendants of slaves from having clout at the voting box and with it, any place in politics. >> 70% to 80% of african-americans down to world war ii lived in the 11 states of the former confederacy. their voter participation rates were in the 4% or 5% range. there really is little to no black presence in the political system, between roughly the 1870s and the 1950s. >> after the civil war and the emancipation proclamation, there was a brief period of black political engagement. there was hundreds of blacks elected to office. some became members of congress. but whites soon retook power in the south. by the turn of the century, congress was once again whites-only. those jim crow laws made it so. >> american history bent away from justice, decisively aw
and that summer, congress passed the voting rights act. >> the '64 civil rights act was a huge u.s. government intervention into the hard-core racial segregation. of 65, was the real game changer. >> the act banned literacy tests and other jim crow laws to keep blacks from the voting booth. these had been the airtight ways to keep the descendants of slaves from having clout at the voting box and with it, any place in politics. >> 70% to 80% of african-americans down to world...
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rights which is part of the local law here actually over the past year and i have all the guns three shows were very peaceful very peaceful not the single window has been shattered by any the straighter and all this this peaceful was. attacked by the by the government by the government police riot police and lots of people were injured during the day is the solutions are actually at the political parties are they have the right to to organize these types of. peace for the last three issues and that's the only we can we can just just. say whatever we have in mind that's the theory but doesn't work so well in practice you say that the ruling family should be embarrassed but it seems they are pretty tough skinned and there's some talk of course that just last month bahrain did promise did it to improve its human rights record in line with those u.n. recommendations doesn't seem to happen what can be done then. you see the problem is that even though. what we are and what we seven countries in the human race can be solved just two months ago clean the battery should act better or it isn'
rights which is part of the local law here actually over the past year and i have all the guns three shows were very peaceful very peaceful not the single window has been shattered by any the straighter and all this this peaceful was. attacked by the by the government by the government police riot police and lots of people were injured during the day is the solutions are actually at the political parties are they have the right to to organize these types of. peace for the last three issues and...
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it is against the international political and civil rights which is part of the local law here actually over the past year and i have. three shows were very peaceful very peaceful not the senior. has been there the trader and all the peaceful was. attacked by the government police the problem is that over the past few months or so many people who were killed by the government. and also lots of people are being tortured in the region and there is no nothing being done against the government has ensued five billion dollar just recently from the very beginning of trees just to support it in this atrocity is nearly actually the way it is is doing just that the money all over the world in the public relations is just to clear and fancified its image why it is killing its people by by foreign army actually from pakistan from all over the world. and massive explosion on the outskirts of the saudi capital riyadh reportedly killed fourteen people and injured scores more the blast caused by a timecard blowing up after crashing into a concrete flyover almost leveled and then time does try building
it is against the international political and civil rights which is part of the local law here actually over the past year and i have. three shows were very peaceful very peaceful not the senior. has been there the trader and all the peaceful was. attacked by the government police the problem is that over the past few months or so many people who were killed by the government. and also lots of people are being tortured in the region and there is no nothing being done against the government has...
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banks however there are prosecutors in america for example the attorney general of new york or started civil suits lawsuits against some of the big banks because of their fraud in the mortgage crisis which is at the heart of the financial crisis but you know it's crazy because in america right now our oligarchy our financial class our business people particularly wall street are angry with obama when in fact he liked flying franklin roosevelt have there he saved the banks he saved them from the excesses of cattle they start with him because once or twice he called them fat cats because he said a few bad things about them and in the latter so what that there are various means are heard but i think more than that there's a level of greed. and arrogance among wall street now that they don't feel that they have they should be touch that they should be regulated and that's why mitt romney has become the candidate of wall street that's not to say president obama isn't getting money from wall street but most of the big bankers are supporting president romney mitt romney because they see him as an i
banks however there are prosecutors in america for example the attorney general of new york or started civil suits lawsuits against some of the big banks because of their fraud in the mortgage crisis which is at the heart of the financial crisis but you know it's crazy because in america right now our oligarchy our financial class our business people particularly wall street are angry with obama when in fact he liked flying franklin roosevelt have there he saved the banks he saved them from the...
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. >> narrator: his dad thought civil rights were worth fighting for. as a teenager, mitt was less interested in e issues than being with his dad. >> the word from his family is that he was not necessarily interested in politics as ideology. but there was always something about his father and his father's power and his father's profession that kept him around and kept him close in a way that it didn't do that for other members of his family. (newsreel music plays) >> the eyes of the nation are on san francisco as the republican party convenes to nominate its choice for president. >> narrator: and in 1964, mitt traveled with his dad to watch him take on conservative republican senator barry goldwater. >> the republican party should unequivocally repudiate extremists of the right and the left, and reject their efforts to infiltrate or attach themselves to our party or its candidates. >> mitt is absorbing all of this. he sees his father basically taking a stand and admires his father greatly for this. >> narrator: but it was barry goldwater's convention. >
. >> narrator: his dad thought civil rights were worth fighting for. as a teenager, mitt was less interested in e issues than being with his dad. >> the word from his family is that he was not necessarily interested in politics as ideology. but there was always something about his father and his father's power and his father's profession that kept him around and kept him close in a way that it didn't do that for other members of his family. (newsreel music plays) >> the eyes...
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eight in your new book ralph nader restore our civil liberties yes well this is a huge violation people are being arrested without charges massive surveillance it's illegal without judicial approval under both bush and and obama we're seeing drones killing people on suspicion all over the world where the president makes the decisions every tuesday it's called terror tuesday makes a decision with his advisors he decides who lives and who dies he becomes the prosecutor judge jury executioner and cover up or is there anything more unconstitutional the net i can i can think of very many number nine use government procurement to spur innovation and we did this with with nasa i mean this goes back to jack kennedy my government is the biggest consumer they buy everything we buy they buy food clothing motor vehicles energy construction materials so why don't they say ok customer is always right we want cleaner materials more durable materials more safe products because ariel's made the us yeah yes right and then you see that will build the civilian economy now this isn't just theoretical that's
eight in your new book ralph nader restore our civil liberties yes well this is a huge violation people are being arrested without charges massive surveillance it's illegal without judicial approval under both bush and and obama we're seeing drones killing people on suspicion all over the world where the president makes the decisions every tuesday it's called terror tuesday makes a decision with his advisors he decides who lives and who dies he becomes the prosecutor judge jury executioner and...
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fundamental civil rights are fundamental civil rights. >> part of the problem is the local media don't cover ballot measures like they cover the candidates. so a lot of states you're not sending out a voter guide from the election commissions. so it takes time to read these things and there's social pressure to get through the line and what not. and so one thing that has -- >> that's an interesting point. if you're standing there in line and you're trying to read legalees and the people behind you are like -- right. oh, yes. >> and i think there has been one shift. i think ballot measures were shall so somewhat the dominion of the progressive right. i think the progressive side of things is through ballot initiatives, strategy center and others, they're trying to push progressive ideas. and some of those listed were not just in individual millionaires like the michigan ballot measures essentially bought and paid for by the amway family in terms of the qulekt testify bargaining measures. so there are instances, but if there is not information out there through the media, through paid me
fundamental civil rights are fundamental civil rights. >> part of the problem is the local media don't cover ballot measures like they cover the candidates. so a lot of states you're not sending out a voter guide from the election commissions. so it takes time to read these things and there's social pressure to get through the line and what not. and so one thing that has -- >> that's an interesting point. if you're standing there in line and you're trying to read legalees and the...
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the rights in america is a great example. it is the civil rights movement of our time. there is an incredible rapidity of empathy, in the sense of shared consciousness. you have overwhelming support now, especially among young people. it shows that people, when there is storytelling and shared information, he can to have greater empathy and solidarity. >> how do you keep the doors open? what is the finance tax >> my mom. >> office -- the finance? >> my mom. >> what is the financial media -- model that allows this to go? >> we allow nonprofits to connect to people. they sponsor petitions and videos. someone comes onto the site and shares something about environmental sustainability. the sierra club might be featured as a sponsor a petition. the paper advertising. >> how big is that? >> 150 staff around the world. we have 20 million members. it is all about scale. the internet is all about massive scale. the number of people we should be able to mobilize, and order of - two more. it is not necessarily better. this is the exponential growth of the internet. that is because
the rights in america is a great example. it is the civil rights movement of our time. there is an incredible rapidity of empathy, in the sense of shared consciousness. you have overwhelming support now, especially among young people. it shows that people, when there is storytelling and shared information, he can to have greater empathy and solidarity. >> how do you keep the doors open? what is the finance tax >> my mom. >> office -- the finance? >> my mom. >> what...
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rights were worth fighng for. as a teenager, mitt was less interested in the issues than being with his dad. >> the word from his family is that he was not necessarily interested in politics as ideology. but there was always something about his father and his father's power and his father's profession that kept him around and kept him close in a way that it didn't do that for other members of his family. (newsreel music plays) san fransco as the repubn aron party nvenes tnomina i choice for president >> narrator: and in 1964, mitt trav with hidedad watch him take on consvaveatat republan senat barry ldwa >> the rublican y sh unuivoy repudiat trem of thght and , and the eorts infate or a ehh selves tr pay its candidates. >> mit absorbing all o sees his fa basical taking a stand and admires his father greatly for this. >> narrator: but it was barrys goldwater's convention. >> i would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. (cwd cheers) >> nrator: and when water received the nomination, mitt s
rights were worth fighng for. as a teenager, mitt was less interested in the issues than being with his dad. >> the word from his family is that he was not necessarily interested in politics as ideology. but there was always something about his father and his father's power and his father's profession that kept him around and kept him close in a way that it didn't do that for other members of his family. (newsreel music plays) san fransco as the repubn aron party nvenes tnomina i choice...
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he got his start as a civil rights leader there. he was talking to students and reminding them of the sacrifices that their parents and grandparents made when the civil rights movements happened. in durham, he led a march of students to register to vote. they have sunday registration here in north carolina and early registration period there is a two-week period where you can actually vote. there is a two-week window where you can vote. later in the day, we had alicia keys, the singer and songwriter, who had about 1000 people in raleigh at a park edit for atomic late african- american neighborhood and was urging people to vote. in a suburb of raleigh, smithfield, in a tobacco warehouse which is a schumann this warehouse, we had about 5000 people show up to here pat mccrory, the republican for governor and chris christie. this is his third trip to the state. he has campaigned so often, he says he is thinking of moving here. he has campaigned for the republican ticket. host: i'm sure they would miss the governor dearly if he were to l
he got his start as a civil rights leader there. he was talking to students and reminding them of the sacrifices that their parents and grandparents made when the civil rights movements happened. in durham, he led a march of students to register to vote. they have sunday registration here in north carolina and early registration period there is a two-week period where you can actually vote. there is a two-week window where you can vote. later in the day, we had alicia keys, the singer and...
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he spoke against the 1957 civil rights bill. we remember him today as one of the last of the jim crow demagogue. he was. he was that. he was one of the last. but when we forget about strofm he was also one of the first of the sun belt conservative. what do i mean by that? what is that? the sun belt it's one of the big stories that is the flow of jobs and resource and population from the states of the northeast and the midwest to the south and the southwest. in the older post world war ii people. they recruiting industries. they were passing right to work laws. receiving lots of fundings from the federal government to build military at the time when the united states was involved in the cold war against the soviet union. so states like mississippi but states like georgia and texas and florida and southern california and arizona and north carolina are being transformed in the postworld war two period by the historic shift as the period of the sun belt dominance. if you think about every president elected from 1963 comes from state
he spoke against the 1957 civil rights bill. we remember him today as one of the last of the jim crow demagogue. he was. he was that. he was one of the last. but when we forget about strofm he was also one of the first of the sun belt conservative. what do i mean by that? what is that? the sun belt it's one of the big stories that is the flow of jobs and resource and population from the states of the northeast and the midwest to the south and the southwest. in the older post world war ii...
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he had come out on a series looking on civil-rights issues in america. that was a fundamental place for me to learn. i also worked on a documentary series for a long time. i learned by working in production and by immediately working on things of my own. i do think there is a benefit to the best practices, the thing that happens in an institution where you are not just struggling to make the thing. you are talking about it and you also have community and resources. if you can afford it, that is a powerful route. i happened to learn the hardest way possible, which is by working in production and not doing anything else. >> is that an issue here, the kind of methods, the institutions and the pattern and career that allows people to be trained to do watch-dog type stuff, whether they are journalists or do similar things, are those drying up? >> documentary films are interesting. in some ways, that still exists. in journalism, the apprenticeship model the newspaper used to offer is definitely going away. you have a staff of 10 and you might be able to mentor
he had come out on a series looking on civil-rights issues in america. that was a fundamental place for me to learn. i also worked on a documentary series for a long time. i learned by working in production and by immediately working on things of my own. i do think there is a benefit to the best practices, the thing that happens in an institution where you are not just struggling to make the thing. you are talking about it and you also have community and resources. if you can afford it, that is...
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we want to make sure they have these rights. i do believe marriage is between a man a woman. >> this create two classes of people. >> congressman dold, do you think you are reflected in your district. >> it is moderate. it's more fiscally conservative and socially moderate. >> i know the major of my district supports marriage equality. i know major of my district. mr.dold opposes that. >> the question from the chat, like presidential candidates mitt romney you have refused to release your tax returns. why is that. congressman dold, you believe that governor romney should release his turns? >> everything voters want to know about my financial position, what i've earned and owned and stock, bob and even our kids saving accounts are included on the report. what i said is my wife has her own career. she is a professional and she has competitors. she's not running for congress. my wife has a right to certain degree of privacy. >> your wife maybe entitled from privacy and but they've entitled to transparency of candidates. >> let me s
we want to make sure they have these rights. i do believe marriage is between a man a woman. >> this create two classes of people. >> congressman dold, do you think you are reflected in your district. >> it is moderate. it's more fiscally conservative and socially moderate. >> i know the major of my district supports marriage equality. i know major of my district. mr.dold opposes that. >> the question from the chat, like presidential candidates mitt romney you have...
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he got his start as a civil rights leader there. he was talking to students and reminding them of the sacrifices that their parents and grandparents made when the civil rights movements happened. in durham, he led a march of students to register to vote. they have sunday registration here in north carolina and early registration period there is a two-week period where you can actually vote. there is a two-week window where you can vote. later in the day, we had alicia keys, the singer and songwriter, who had about 1000 people in raleigh at a park edit for atomic late african- american neighborhood and was urging people to vote. in a suburb of raleigh, smithfield, in a tobacco warehouse which is a schumann this warehouse, we had about 5000 people show up to here pat mccrory, the republican for governor and chris christie. this is his third trip to the state. he has campaigned so often, he says he is thinking of moving here. he has campaigned for the republican ticket. host: i'm sure they would miss the governor dearly if he were to l
he got his start as a civil rights leader there. he was talking to students and reminding them of the sacrifices that their parents and grandparents made when the civil rights movements happened. in durham, he led a march of students to register to vote. they have sunday registration here in north carolina and early registration period there is a two-week period where you can actually vote. there is a two-week window where you can vote. later in the day, we had alicia keys, the singer and...
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a civil marriage license. i think the caller got it right. we are looking to be able to love and commit to the person that it wants to share our life with. it is really nothing more than that establishment of a common human body. that my parents share for over 40 years. americans from all walks of life and of religious backgrounds share. we have seen americans really continue to be on that journey. the support is now at 50% or above and i think it will continue to see increases in those numbers as time goes by. i think most americans have gotten to the place where the this caller is which is understanding that we are not looking for anything that is a rare or separate here. we are looking to share an institution and be able to love and commit to are significant other. host: let's call from georgia. republican line. judy. caller: 5 believe our creator gave us several biblical understandings of what marriage is. i cannot believe that we are to judge others. i did not believe that -- we should not take a word that means between a man and woman a
a civil marriage license. i think the caller got it right. we are looking to be able to love and commit to the person that it wants to share our life with. it is really nothing more than that establishment of a common human body. that my parents share for over 40 years. americans from all walks of life and of religious backgrounds share. we have seen americans really continue to be on that journey. the support is now at 50% or above and i think it will continue to see increases in those numbers...
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with regard to gay marriage, let me just say that i support civil unions. but i don't support gay marriage because that should be a religious question and decided by religious institutions but i do believe everyone is entitled to rights and that's why i support civil unions. >> moderator: next question to the kingman. >> this keep in via e-mail. how would you restructure the taxes? >> i talked about the need to make our code more simple and fair. we have way to many loopholes taken advantage of because it's school in they have lawyers that find these loopholes. that doesn't mean it's right. even if it's legal, we should change that because it's not helping create jobs. every day i meet with small business owners, and those guys, a lot of them just -- they come fresh from their work. they have oil on them and grease, and they can't afford to hire a whole wing of lawyers to find these loopholes? that's an example. and by the way, jets and oil companies and loopholes that allow companies to write off moving jobs overseas, those are primed to be closed. that he
with regard to gay marriage, let me just say that i support civil unions. but i don't support gay marriage because that should be a religious question and decided by religious institutions but i do believe everyone is entitled to rights and that's why i support civil unions. >> moderator: next question to the kingman. >> this keep in via e-mail. how would you restructure the taxes? >> i talked about the need to make our code more simple and fair. we have way to many loopholes...
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charles: the notion of a more civil tone within the discourse could be the overarching message. >> it is a funny start. charles: you're right about kid rock saying a lot of things the majority of americans, but i would not put the deer on the front. that was weird. the highlight reel is next. charles: we have some breaking news. think about this. the labor department saying they have not made a decision on whether to delay friday's jobs report. that is huge. the next number will be revised higher. there is no way that number was real. what if all this economic data is pushed past the election. >> that is exceedingly rare for the labor department to delay or even discussed delaying it. talking about how hurricane sandy may lower gdp which is already getting along at 2%. we could go into negative territory. they are saying sizable negative impact from hurricane sandy. watch out for that. >> plus, what this could do to consumer confidence. the confidence index, this could really affect it. playing with this politically, bad for the obama administration. there is already a trust factor. c
charles: the notion of a more civil tone within the discourse could be the overarching message. >> it is a funny start. charles: you're right about kid rock saying a lot of things the majority of americans, but i would not put the deer on the front. that was weird. the highlight reel is next. charles: we have some breaking news. think about this. the labor department saying they have not made a decision on whether to delay friday's jobs report. that is huge. the next number will be...
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that's one whole aspect in any sort of civil war type situation, which it really is right now. you have the criminalization of society in many ways from people who are trying to make a living possible, and then you have groups that become invested in the civil war and the continuing of the civil war you saw something similar in lebanon. i wrote a piece recently in monitor called the lebanonizeation of syria, and unfarmly, of the many scenarios that could occur, in syria, because it does seem to be -- there's no easy answer. there is absolutely no easy answer to this. american intervention is not the answer. and i would be happy to talk more about that perhaps in the q & a session. what happened in -- what will happen probably in syria, unless the equation on one side or the ice dramatically changed. you have this balance of forces almost where neither side has the wherewithal to land the knockout punch and both sides think they can win and it's very difficult to intervene with any sort of negotiated solution with both sides think they can win. and when this happens in such a ge
that's one whole aspect in any sort of civil war type situation, which it really is right now. you have the criminalization of society in many ways from people who are trying to make a living possible, and then you have groups that become invested in the civil war and the continuing of the civil war you saw something similar in lebanon. i wrote a piece recently in monitor called the lebanonizeation of syria, and unfarmly, of the many scenarios that could occur, in syria, because it does seem to...
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rights and searching for ways to live peacefully in the world. it means choosing dialogue over blame. respect over division. hope over fear. what made george a great public servant was not only his compassion and integrity, but it was his uncommon vision. he saw connections others did not see, like, the connection between political stability and hungry children. that vision became food for peace. and the mcgovern-adult education program. he also saw things sooner than others. in 1962, he said the most important issue of our time is the establishment of conditions for world peace. nine months into his first term, he gave his first speech on the non. -- vietname. -- vietnam. 1970, he warned about the dependence of the united states on fossil fuels. in 1984, he urged all of our american leadership to understand the complexity, challenges, and the volatility of circumstances in the middle east. i believe america would be a better place had george become president of the united states. [applause] that does not mean his campaign was a failure. far from
rights and searching for ways to live peacefully in the world. it means choosing dialogue over blame. respect over division. hope over fear. what made george a great public servant was not only his compassion and integrity, but it was his uncommon vision. he saw connections others did not see, like, the connection between political stability and hungry children. that vision became food for peace. and the mcgovern-adult education program. he also saw things sooner than others. in 1962, he said...
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and i believe civil unions should be acceptable so they should have these rights. but this is between a man and woman. i believe two people that want to make that commitment it should be marriage. that's why the human rights campaign gave me their endorsement >> do you think it's a moderate district? >> it is a moderate district. i think it's more fiscally conservative and socially moderate. . >> i know the majority of my district supports marriage quality and employment non-discrimination act yet mr. dole opposes that. >> let's go to another question and the question is for mr. insider. >> why vnlt you released your tax return? >> the voters want to know what i've owned even our kids savings accounts are included with the report i filed. >> what do you pay in terms of tax rates? >> that's been reported in the papers as well. my wife has her own career. she has employees and clients and competitors. she's not running for congress. i believe my wife has a certain degree of privacy. everything voters want to know about my finances is in the report. >> they're entitle
and i believe civil unions should be acceptable so they should have these rights. but this is between a man and woman. i believe two people that want to make that commitment it should be marriage. that's why the human rights campaign gave me their endorsement >> do you think it's a moderate district? >> it is a moderate district. i think it's more fiscally conservative and socially moderate. . >> i know the majority of my district supports marriage quality and employment...
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the most important civil rights act in our history. it gives people of color power of the ballot and the immigration act, which opens the gates and our borders people all over the world and fundamentally changes the face and heart of america. this is in one single year. i will tell you is a presidential historian. there are those that would stake their entire domestic reputations on this one of those laws. lbj did all those things in one single year. in 1965. [applause] >> reading these books, reading both of these books, i was struck with such awe and admiration of these people. even with all of those lbj's foibles, which many of us are familiar with. i am a true believer for evermore afterwards. mike, would you talk a little bit about what ladybird accomplished? >> after her first accomplishment was to keep lyndon johnson thing while he was doing all of those great things. giving him a safe haven, if you will, an island of peace, as she described it, every day when he was exerting a tremendous effort. in addition to that, she finishe
the most important civil rights act in our history. it gives people of color power of the ballot and the immigration act, which opens the gates and our borders people all over the world and fundamentally changes the face and heart of america. this is in one single year. i will tell you is a presidential historian. there are those that would stake their entire domestic reputations on this one of those laws. lbj did all those things in one single year. in 1965. [applause] >> reading these...